tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post7336152580615947487..comments2015-03-31T11:08:03.076-07:00Comments on On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?: Garmin Edge 500: broken tabsdjconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-43988185242559664502015-01-18T16:49:17.757-08:002015-01-18T16:49:17.757-08:00Sorry for the delay -- this has been a really busy...Sorry for the delay -- this has been a really busy week, as I&#39;m starting a new job. I&#39;ll send you an email.djconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-46818351227516538502015-01-13T17:54:38.640-08:002015-01-13T17:54:38.640-08:00DJ
I would like to send you one of our Aluminum m...DJ<br /><br />I would like to send you one of our Aluminum mounting plates to see what you think www.dogearsgps.comKent Carlsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439002957061175824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-68548695569150399412015-01-13T17:52:54.818-08:002015-01-13T17:52:54.818-08:00DJ,
We machined some of these up , I would love t...DJ,<br /><br />We machined some of these up , I would love to know what you think<br />www.dogearsgps.com We built them on a 8 axis swiss machine out of 6061 aluminum<br />Kent Carlsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439002957061175824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-34346005220752391942015-01-13T17:50:00.829-08:002015-01-13T17:50:00.829-08:00DJ
Hey we made some of these up. They were a bit o...DJ<br />Hey we made some of these up. They were a bit of a PITA... but I think we have something<br /><br />Take a look and I would like to see what you think www.dogearsgps.com<br />Thanks <br />KentKent Carlsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439002957061175824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-70518910509299289232013-05-01T04:50:58.058-07:002013-05-01T04:50:58.058-07:00I like your thinking: it&#39;s good to focus on th...I like your thinking: it&#39;s good to focus on things which might be different about stem mounting, and this is a good one. I may try a forward mount. It would yield less glare on the poorly visible Edge 800 and more peripheral view of the road when looking at the screen for both Edge 500 and 800. It would also likely reduce tab stress (shaving issues aside in the case of the K-Edge) since the forward mounts are cantilevers. djconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-65478739194542312402013-05-01T04:50:57.454-07:002013-05-01T04:50:57.454-07:00I like your thinking: it&#39;s good to focus on th...I like your thinking: it&#39;s good to focus on things which might be different about stem mounting, and this is a good one. I may try a forward mount. It would yield less glare on the poorly visible Edge 800 and more peripheral view of the road when looking at the screen for both Edge 500 and 800. It would also likely reduce tab stress (shaving issues aside in the case of the K-Edge) since the forward mounts are cantilevers. djconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-44438935381308433552013-04-30T18:38:30.222-07:002013-04-30T18:38:30.222-07:00Here&#39;s a thought. When the mount is &quot;Moun...Here&#39;s a thought. When the mount is &quot;Mounted&quot; on the stem I have noticed that the plastic mount can actually deform around the stem over time. This wouldn&#39;t be a problem but for the fact that the tabs on the back of the edge units are at the 3oclock and 9oclock positions so when the unit is stem mounted these would take increased load from a deformed mount. the concern about the K-edge Mount is valid but I feel it&#39;s more related to the CNC machined internal edges of the interface being razor sharp and actually shaving plastic off the edge unit. I actually took to my K-Edge with a tiny file to remove any sharp edges prior to installing the Edge and now it is smooth and super gentle on the plastic. One thing that you can be sure of is that the K-edge does not deform like the plastic mounts.Privateer29http://www.blogger.com/profile/06782123553577807932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-91761138974995342532013-04-30T16:46:28.071-07:002013-04-30T16:46:28.071-07:00You&#39;re lucky! There&#39;s a thread on the topi...You&#39;re lucky! There&#39;s a thread on the topic <a href="https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?11539-Edge-500-Mount-Failure" rel="nofollow">on the Garmin forum</a>.djconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-46996000916704567982013-04-28T13:12:33.990-07:002013-04-28T13:12:33.990-07:00Never had issue with it after 3 years of use. Not ...Never had issue with it after 3 years of use. Not even a sign of wear. I use the genuine Garmin plastic mount, so you may be right regarding yours wearing it faster. Claude Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00724666392429541552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-74810967733115427402013-04-16T04:36:56.094-07:002013-04-16T04:36:56.094-07:00Follow-up: even though replacement units have only...Follow-up: even though replacement units have only a 90-day warranty, and this unit was a replacement for another that similarly broke in November 2012 (5 months ago), as &quot;an act of goodwill&quot; Garmin agrees to replace it. Garmin has fantastic customer support but their warranty falls short in this instance, since the defect is a design one, and the fatigue life of the tabs is obviously less than what a typical user would expect, yet they have a good chance of outlasting the one-year warranty. That said, thanks to Garmin support for their help on this.<br /><br />It&#39;s interesting how things like bike computers and lights can come out decades after the first units of their type and still have such obvious points of mechanical weakness. My other experience with this was my Niterider light clamp, which Niterider replaced for me with a superior design more like designs which have existed for many years.djconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.com